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Peeler took a swing at someone's face, basically. In all cases like that, the suspension is pretty much automatic. Christ, Kenny and Chuck were calling it on TNT five minutes after the game ended.
And it doesnt really mattter. The Kings have made a habit of choking when it counts the most. CWebb gets that deer in the headlights look, Peja starts throwing up bricks as soon as hsi defender gets the tiniest bit physicla, Vlade loses his composure, and the only guys that used to come up with real gritty plays in the past are either injured (Bobby Jackson) or no longer with the team (Scott Pollard). Mike Bibby will make enough big jumpers to keep things interesting, but the Kings dont have the nads to win a Game 7.
Plus, Kevin Garnett is in the midst of The Leap, and there's no stopping that.
And since I had to read The Miz's ridiculous predictions, here are mine:
T-Wolves win Game 7; the Maloofs don't have the guts to blow up this team of chronic underachievers & they struggle to win 45 next year.
Lakers beat T-Wolves in 6. KG learns what real playoff heartbreak is. If you know your NBA history, you know that once a great player learns this, they usually win a title in the next year or two. The T-Wolves are the team to beat next season.
Detroit loses to New Jersey. They have no go-to guy that can create for themselves. Pistons fan everywher try not to imagine what this year would've been like if Joe D drafts Melo instead of Darko (wehavetayshaunwehavetayshaunwehavetayshaun).
Indiana beats the Nets in 5. O'Neal goes nuts. Artest punks Jefferson the way Richard punked Frankie Muniz at the Celebrity All Star Game. JKidd secretly knows that signing with the Spurs would've been his last window for a Title.
Finals: Laker in 6. Two of the wins they get are scary close; only Kobe manages to pull them out of the fire. GP and Karl get their rings, neither retuns next season. Charles Barkley oficially becomes best player to never win a damn thing. And the future of the franchise rests with Jerry Buss' decision: Phil or Kobe?
Oh yeah, and the twelve citizens that take the box in Colorado come August.
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